On the coast of Sardinia, a once-great mining village is finding new life as a coastal resort town.

Explore the quarry where the marble was sourced for Michaelangelo's David.

Cave shrine on Monte Pellegrino.

A fascinating assortment of cave dwellings, medieval ruins, and sarcophagi are being devoured by the forest.

Stone memorial that's said to predict the death of the pope and the site of the Cadaver Synod.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

This breathtaking monastery was established by Saint Benedict himself 1,500 years ago.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

One of the most well-preserved castles in Italy also contains a rare medieval example of a port fortification.

A cave in southern Italy adorned with thousand-year-old Biblical frescoes existed in obscurity until fairly recently.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

This ancient altar emerges from the thick forests to reveal the mysteries of Etruscan sacrificial rituals.

Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.

This seaside Italian village doesn't just look Escher-esque, it actually inspired the mind-bending artist.

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.

Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.

A fairytale-like medieval church perched atop a rocky cliff on Italy's "Coast of the Gods."

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

This precariously perched fortress was once ruled by a crow-worshipping baron.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

A sulfuric hellscape in southern Italy.

A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.